The document summarizes information about the Narmada River, the Narmada Valley Development Project to construct dams along the river, and the resulting Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) protest movement. It describes that the project planned 30 large dams and would displace 250,000 people, affecting 37,000 hectares of land. The NBA movement started in 1985 against the huge dams and focused on saving forests/wildlife and rehabilitating affected people. Led by Medha Patkar and Baba Amte, the NBA used protests and legal challenges to fight for local communities' rights.